Death To Flying Things

by Cliff Corcoran |
September 24, 2005 9:44 am

Jason Giambi returns to the line-up today as Jaret Wright and Scott Downs face off at the Stadium. The MVP bats second, Giambi three, Cano down to seventh with Bernie and Bubba rounding it out as the Yanks look to make it six straight.

So, any guesses as to what flying object will strike Jaret Wright today?

67. Man, people really die on Torre's bench. When was the last time Woemack, Bellhorn, Phillips, or anyone else played. I know its a race and all, but those guys must be beyond rusty. Same thing with Mendoza/F-Rod

92. Now the game begins. We'll give up two more here to make it 6-2, but the Yanks will rally and Small will hold them to 1 more run over 5 innings. Gordon and Rivera will lock it down and we'll win it around the 8th inning.

94. FWIW, on the postgame radio broadcast last night, Susyn or Sterling (I forget which) said Wright wanted very badly to pitch today, and wasn't the type of guy to say if he was hurt or not.

He's so bad - and I can't see him - I don't know how to tell if this is just a crappy performance, or if he is hurt. In either case, someone should knock some sense into him. If he is hurt, he damn well shouldn't be pitching in the middle of this race when the team has other (good) options available!

123. I still can't believe youth over experience has us with Wright and not Pedro. Wright has one good year since 1997 and he gets how much, 12 mil., for 3 years. Cash, man you got to own up to that one.

Just my gut, about Pedro. It seemed like he was never even on Cash's radar. How many pitchers does Boston have to kick to the curb who end up having 6-10 more great years, before we pick up on it. We almost lost Clemens, should have signed Lowe, and should have signed Pedro. I don't care that it's Boston.

145. Stormer, it was actually Wright or Lieber, Lieber signed for the same money on the same day with the Phillies. Lieber, by the way, has been an ace for them down the stretch, much like he was for the Yanks last Sept. I understood declining Lieber's $8 mil option to try to resign him for more years at less annually, but the market exploded. Signing Wright for the same money Lieber got, however, was unforgivable. Again, worst offseason in team history. Period.

148. We should not have signed Lowe or Pedro. We should have signed Clement and Lieber, who combined got less money over less years than Wright and Pavano. And that's not second guessing. I said that last November.

I understand, but I thought paying Lieber for one year while on the DL in anticipation of him pitching for us for a while, he has a good year following the year you paid him not to pitch, and then you let him go for a lousy 8 mil., made no sense to me.

159. Alright, so I'm waaay behind on this, but was I the only one screaming at the tv last night when Mo started getting warm? I knew it was coming when they cut to Mel picking up the phone and I just started screaming at him, "put that f***ing phone down Mel! put it down!" Just as my roommate walked in with his girlfriend, whom I was meeting for the first time. Heh.

191. The problem isn't who came to play. The problem is Downs came to play and breaking crap has them completely off balance which would be able to be overcome by sitting on stuff but he's able to throw enough strikes when he needs them to take that option away.

199. For those watching the game how tough was the play that Cano couldn't handle on the potential DP ball. Sterling makes it sound like it exploded at the end and was probably a hit thoug it could be handled with a great pick.

228. Small is looking better than ever. Can we just say he started today, and put Wright in the pen now? After pitching 6+ innings, Small is not going to be useful in the pen for awhile. Wright, OTOH, should be pretty fresh. :-P

230. The Matsui error was as big as the Cano play. Matsui had a better chance at that ball than Cano. A slightly tailing fly ball to left versus a scorching one hopper into the chest of the second baseman.

Both should have been made, but thems the breaks. We gotta club our way out of it today.

231. I said that about Wright/Small about a week ago when the topic began to emerge. Small is one tough cookie and a helluva starter. Wright struggles to get it going and never goes deep into the game. Sounds like he needs some time in the pen.

245. so i guess the debate should have never been about keeping wang or small in the raotation; rather small vs. jaret wright. :) i love aaron small - how long before they start selling his jersey t-shirts outside the stadium?

259. I really want to go to bed, but I can't give up at this point in the year. In May I would have been sleeping and dreaming of J-Lo in a thong delivering me pizza. Now I'm up watching Posada cough up the best chance we've had in innings.

310. I don't know if it was the shadows or what, but Giambi just didn't seem to be seeing the ball well. Usually he's very good at it. This time...oy. He was swinging at balls he shouldn't have, and not swinging at ones he should have swung at.

320. Wow, susan mentions it's possible that Yanks, Boston, Cleveland and Chisox could all finish with the same record I think. And then I guesss the two losers would play for the wildcard. Is that possible?

Errors, sloppy at bats, with 8 to go. If you lose you lose, but when you give it away, that may cost you big time. Come on O's! If Boston wins today, I don't like our chances the rest of the way, not if that sloppy play continues. We had to win these home games.

335. That is how you play baseball. You get runners into scoring position, and you get them home. If the Red Sox get good pitching, they can't lose. It isn't their hitting that is letting them down, as ours is. How many LOB for the Yanks today?

353. miserable day so far. Looking like Boston win and Cleveland's ahead. We're about to be underdogs to make the post-season despite being red-hot before today. There's just no margin of error anywhere. Wait Timlin in. we have a chance.

358. Oh well, we just have to win out form here on in. I really don't like how it seems like every saturday we play before the Sox, not that it matters anymore. We just need to go back out tomorrow and immediatly reestablish our swagger.

Here's hoping either Toronto or Baltimore can win one against the Sox, but I doubt it

360. Not much we can do, guys. Bad, bad game, but at least we won't see Wright starting again, and the rest of our starting pitchers have been pretty good lately. Plus Gordon and Mo get a bit more rest in the wake of a final road trip that's bound to stretch them to their limits.

I'm not hoping for help from the Indians or White Sox...it's the division or nothing.